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Butterfly

Butterfly Meaning & Definition
Butterfly Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Butterfly?

[n] a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
[n] diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
[v] talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
[v] cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking; "butterflied shrimp"
[v] flutter like a butterfly

Synonyms | Synonyms for Butterfly: butterfly stroke | chat up | coquet | coquette | dally | flirt | mash | philander | romance

Related Terms | Find terms related to Butterfly:

See Also | brush-footed butterfly | danaid | danaid butterfly | dart | dolphin kick | fleet | flit | flutter | four-footed butterfly | lepidopteran | lepidopteron | lepidopterous insect | lycaenid | lycaenid butterfly | nymphalid | nymphalid butterfly | open | pierid | pierid butterfly | speak | spread | spread out | sulfur butterfly | sulphur butterfly | swimming stroke | talk | unfold | vamp | wanton

Butterfly In Webster's Dictionary

\But"ter*fly`\, n.; pl. {Butterflies}. [Perh. from the color of a yellow species. AS. buter-fl[=e]ge, buttor-fle['o]ge; cf. G. butterfliege, D. botervlieg. See {Butter}, and {Fly}.] (Zo["o]l.) A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera. Note: [See Illust. under {Aphrodite}.] {Asclepias butterfly}. See under {Asclepias}. {Butterfly fish} (Zo["o]l.), the ocellated blenny ({Blennius ocellaris}) of Europe. See {Blenny}. The term is also applied to the flying gurnard. {Butterfly shell} (Zo["o]l.), a shell of the genus {Voluta}. {Butterfly valve} (Mech.), a kind of double clack valve, consisting of two semicircular clappers or wings hinged to a cross rib in the pump bucket. When open it somewhat resembles a butterfly in shape.

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